Metalink News: 03 Aug 2007
Ant Bryan
Metadl, Metalink downloader with libcurl
Appupdater - apt-get / yum for Windows
Metalink @ Package Resources, chunk checksums & collection metalinks
Phex 3.2.0 (Gnutella P2P app) with Metalink download support and
export
Celerius, GTK downloader in progress
aria2 new version, call for translations
Free Download Manager 2.3 Beta 6 with Metalink support
KGet in KDE4 and Metalink support
Downloading Made Easy at TheHindu.com mentions Metalink.
New Distributions using Metalink
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DownThemAll! Firefox extension BETA w/ Metalink support
The thing everyone's been waiting for, DTA! is the easiest way to try
out/use Metalinks (if you already use Firefox). They also have one of
the best interfaces for showing people the useful information
contained in Metalinks.
http://www.downthemall.net/main/install-it/downthemall-10-beta/
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Metadl, Metalink downloader with libcurl
Metadl is currently in use in Wubi (Windows Ubuntu Installer) for
downloading ISOs.
http://www.cutlersoftware.com/ubuntusetup/wubi/en-US/index.html
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Appupdater - apt-get / yum for Windows
"Appupdater provides advanced functionality to Windows, similar to
apt-
get or yum on Linux. It automates the process of installing and
maintaining up to date versions of programs. It is fully customizable
for use in a corporate environment."
Basically, it's like Windows Update but it watches/upgrades all (most)
of the random apps you have installed, instead of just Microsoft ones.
http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/
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Metalink @ Package Resources, chunk checksums & collection metalinks
All .metalinks now have chunk checksums/repair info, and certain
projects have collection metalinks which contain multiple files, like
for Debian which has around 20 ISOs for each arch!
M@PR makes metalinks for: CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Linux Kernel,
OpenOffice.org, openSUSE, Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Kubuntu
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Phex 3.2.0 (Gnutella P2P app) with Metalink download support and
export
Phex 3.2.0 now supports metalink downloading (import) and shared file
library export.
Download with: Network -> New -> New Downloads (or Control-N) then put
in the URL to a .metalink file.
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Celerius, GTK downloader in progress
Written in Python, and very promising sounding, Celerius should be
available for testing in the near future.
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aria2 new version, call for translations
aria2 continues to add great new features. They also need translations/
l10n in languages besides English, Japanese, German, and Russian.
Please help out!
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Free Download Manager 2.3 Beta 6 with Metalink support
FDM 2.3 BETA 6 is out
http://files.freedownloadmanager.org/fdm23binst.exe
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KGet in KDE4 and Metalink support
KDE 4.0 Beta 1 has been released, while Manolo Valdes and Urs Wolfer
continue work on Metalink in KGet. The freshest version from SVN
should function well. A Live CD is available at http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/
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Downloading Made Easy at TheHindu.com mentions Metalink.
Thanks to J. Murali.
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073054301600.htm
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New Distributions using Metalink
64 Studio, BeleniX, Pardus Linux, Bayanihan Linux, Bluewhite64 Linux,
Granular Linux, and ADIOS now make use of Metalink.